Combined tobacco cutter and advertising device



N0. 615,2!2. I Patented Nov. 29, I898.

D. V. CBOWE.

COMBINED TOBACCO CUTTER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE.

(Axiulieation filed June 4, 1897.)

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COMBINED TOBACCO CUTTER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,212, dated November29, 1898.

Application filed. June 4, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL V. CRoWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Tobacco Cutter andAdvertising Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to combined tobacco cutters and advertisingdevices, and has for its object to provide a device that will outtobacco as well as advertise the brand of tobacco being out.

Another object of the device is to provide a device which in its generaldesign, construe tion, and operation will offer inducements to thepurchaser of tobacco.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation. I Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation taken on the line e e of Fig. 3. Fig. 3is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the quadrant and shiftinglever. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the knife and knife-head.

,Similar letters and figures refer to corresponding parts in all theviews.

The frame of the device is composed of one piece A. Theknife 22 isslipped into the slot 42 of the knife-head 18 and is secured therein bythe bolts 23. The knife-head is also slotfed at 20 to give the pin 19plenty of play as the knife-lever 21 moves upwardly or downwardly. Thelever 21 is pivotally connected at 15 to the frame A. The base of theframe A is slotted at 41, through which the knife 22 may be passed whendisconnected from the knife-head for resharpening.

The upper half of the frame A is slotted longitudinally and ofsufficient depth to contain therein the mechanism used to operate thesymbols, to which I will again refer.

The peculiar construction of the mechanism used to advertise the tobaccois as follows: A shaft 10 is supported by the frame A, the said shafthaving permanently connected thereon a gear 25. The shaft 10 is threadedat 10 for the reception of a nut, thereby providing means to securethereon any symbol or design desired. Motion is communicated to theshaft 10 and symbol 24. by the quadfierial No. 639,408. (No model.)

rant 26, engaging the pinion or gear 25. The quadrant 26 is providedwith teeth 40. The said quadrant receives its motion through the mediumof the shifting lever 39, the spring 35, the pawl 37, the spring 29, andthe connectin g-rod 16, the said connecting-rod being pivotallyconnected at 17 to the knife-lever 21 and at 32 to the shifting lever39. The quadrant 26 is secured permanently to the shaft 12. The shiftinglever 39 is pivotally connected to said shaft and also to the end 32 ofthe connecting-rod 16. The ratchet-wheel 38 has, like the quadrant 26, apermanent connection to the shaft 12, the said quadrant bein g locatednear one end of the said shaft and the ratchet-wheel 38 near the other.The

r shifting lever 39 has a pivotal connection to the said shaft and thesaid connection being, preferably, between the ratchet-wheel 38 and thequadrant 26. The shaft 12 is supported in position by the frame A. Theratchetwheel 38 acts in conjunction with the pawl 37 and shifting lever39. The pawl is loosely pivoted to the said lever 39, the said pawl being adapted to engage the ratchet-wheel 38 and the release-pin 28. Aspring 35 is provided to maintain a constant engagement between theratchet-wheel 38 and pawl 37. The spring 35 is made more effective bythe pin 33.

To communicate motion to the shaft 10 and thereby turn the star orsymbol 24, the knifelever 21 is lifted upwardly and to a height whichwill permit the pawl 37 to engage the ratchet-wheel 38. When engaged, itis then lowered, while in the said motion the extended part 27 of thepawl 37 comes into contact with the release-pin 28, the said pin havinga permanent connection to the frame A. As the lever 21 moves downwardlythe pawl 37 is gradually disengaged from the ratchetwheel 38, the saiddisengagement being due to the contact between the extended part 27 ofthe pawl 37 and the release-pin 28. The tendency of the pawl 37 wouldbe, if not hindered by the pin 28, to follow the ratchetwheel as itturns. The ratchet-wheel 38 being disengaged from the pawl 37, the saidwheel 38 and quadrant 26 being permanently connected to the shaft 12 areforced to return to the position they occupied before the shifting lever39 began to move downward, as

shown in Fig. 2.

The quadrant is forced to move upward with a great deal of forceimparted by the spring 29 to the said quadrant. The spring 29 engagesthe quadrant 26, as follows: The said quadrant has a lip or projection30, which is overlapped by one end of the spring 29. The said spring ispivotally connected to the pin 14, which in turn is permanently attachedto the frame A. To make the spring 29 effective and to prevent it frommoving off of the lip 30, a pin 13 is provided, as shown in Fig. 2. Vhenthe quadrant 26 moves downwardly, the lip 30 exerts an upward pressureon the spring 29 until the ratchet-wheel 38 is disengaged. Vhen the saiddisengagement takes place, the spring 29 prompts the quadrant 26 toreturn to the position as shown in Fig. 2. The quadrant as it returns tothe said position engages the gear or pinion 25, thereby transmittingmotion to the said gear and causing the said gear as well as symbol 24to turn.

Now I desire to state the object of having the symbol 24: acting inconjunction with the lever 21. As I have already stated, the object ofmy invention is to advertise the tobacco as well as cut it. The symbolor star 24 having been put in motion, if the said star 2% stops turningwith any one of the points it directly in line with the center of thestar 11 it indicates that the purchaser of the tobacco shall receivefree of charge a quantity of tobacco equal to the amount of hispurchase.

The stars or symbol 24 and 11 may be removed and other forms or designsmay be placed in their positions,the design being used depending mainlyon the name of the brand of l l l tobacco being cut-for instance, theStar, Battle-Axe, &c.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a tobacco cutting and advertising device, the combination of ashaft, the symbol thereon, the pinion also on said shaft, the quadranthaving teeth engaging said pinion, the ratchet- Wheel, the pawl engagingthe same, the pivoted knife-lever, the shifting lever carrying saidpawl, the release-pin with which the end of said pawl engages, theprojeotion on the pawl, the spring acting thereon, and the barconnecting the knife-lever with the shifting lever, all substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a combined tobacco cutter and advertising device, the combinationof the main shaft, a ratchet-wheel and quadrant thereon, a pivotedknife-lever, a loosely-pivoted shifting lever on said main shaft, a pawlpivoted on the shifting lever to engage said ratchetwheel, therelease-pin with which the end of the pawl engages, a pin on a fixedpart of the device, a spring pivotally connected therewith to engage thequadrant, a gear mounted to engage the quadrant, a symbol on the shaftof the gear, and a rod pivotally connecting the shifting lever and theknife-lever, whereby the movement of the knife-lever actuates the saidsymbol, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

DANIEL V. CROIVE.

Vitnesses:

CLARA WILLIAMsON, DAISY B. GORDON.

